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EDITORIAL 


I'd like to Open this second issue of the Nite-Times News 
with a thank you to those who have Provided articles and other 
Support to this effort. 1 especially want to thank our host. 
here at the Nite Owl Special, Rich Pranitis. Rich spends a lot 
of his time and money providing all of us telecommunters with 
One of the finest bulletin boards in Chicagoland. Rich is 
increasing the memory of the system and therefore, future 
issues of the Nite-Times News will be available for reading 
On-line in the Timex information area of the General Library. 
As is our policy, hard copies will be made available to all 
CATUG members at the monthly meetings. It is free for all to 
share. If you desire to have it mailed to your home, please 
provide fifty cents per issue or $6.00 per year to cover the 
cost of postage. If you desire to reprint any articles that 
appear on here, please Provide credit to the author and where 
it came from. If you have any suggestions or would like to 
submit an article, leave feedback to Gary Lessenberry (ID3®) or 
write to me at 18854 Yorktown Avenue, Great Lakes, Illinois 
60088. 

Articles that appear in this issue are: 

Brief Overview Of Artificial Intelligence On The Spectrum 

Saga Elite Keyboard Reveiw 

Timamachine and FDD System Compatibility 

Free Z80 And 68008 Manuals 

Notes From The Library 

Pascal For The TS-2068 

JLO FDD Interface Hardware Project 


BRIEF OVERVIEW OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON THE SPECTRUM 
by Pete Fischer 


Artificial Intelligence, or AI has been very popular in the 
Computing Press as well as the Popular Press. It tends to 
capture people's imagination. After the popularity of movies 


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like STAR WARS, robots which appear to have ‘personalities’ are 
thought to be in the very near future. At least at this point, 
nothing approaching these fictionalizations has even been 


approached. 
Approximately four years ago, the Japanese threw a gauntlet 
in front of the world computing community. They announced, in 


effect, the intention of building a whole new generation of 
machine. One which would be at or close to the intelligence of 
a human being. The Japanese government has devoted the 
equivallent of Billions of dollars to this project! If they 
were to succeed in dominating the world market in this vital 
industry, it will, without question, catapult Japan into the 
position the US now holds in the field of computing, that of 
world leader. l 

But the US has seen this challenge, and is answering it. So 
is the European community. But for some reason, either due to 
a difference in press coverage or whatever, the Europeans 
appear to be much more conscious of the challenge from one end 
of the Computing Community to the other. Even among computer 
hobbyists, the idea of actively learning about AI is taken much 
more seriously. For many years, LISP was considered to be the 
‘official’ accepted language of Al. It was written in the US, 
and is probably the oldest language still in active use. But 
the Europeans didn't like it, and the French wrote another one 
called PROLOG. The British took the French work and polished it 
to the finished product seen today. The Japanese liked it so 
much that they adopted it as the Official language of their 
"Fifth Generation Project’. Thus PROLOG took it's place in the 
international AI picture. (Before I go any further, I would 
like to mention that there is a Micro-Prolog available for the 
Spectrum!) So you can see, that the Europeans are right on top 
of what is happening in AI. There are, in fact, at least 5 
books (probably more) devoted exclusively to AI on the Sinclair 
computers. I have found only 2 for the Apple, both of which 
were published in Britain. Why the Europeans are so much more 
aware of the AI revolution, I don’t know. But I have gone to a 
bit of trouble to bring some of the information they have to 
the U.S. as well as mixing in what I Could find already here. 
In the months to come, I will be reporting here on what I have 
found. It has surprised me too, just how fara 'tiny” (by Al 
standards) 8 bit computer could be taken. In. addition to the 
Micro-PROLOG, AI programs are also written in LOGO and PASCAL 
which are also available for the SPECTRUM. But the majority of 
work I have done in plain old BASIC. This primarily because 
everyone who has the computer also has the BASIC and can then 
run and under stand them easily. 

In December of 1984, Mr.Sinclair announced a new branch of 
Sinclair Research. This new branch was to study a new chip 
technology which, once makeable, will be a very big step toward 
| producing an AI chip. Essentially, it increases the capacity of 
l a single chip, a sort of a very, very, very large scale 
integrated circuit. It will allow 64 or 128 or perhaps 256 bit 
microprocessors. (Why not?) 

It is my opinion that Mr. Sinclair's affinity for AI is more 


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then casual. I believe that he sees the future of computing as 
having a great deal to do with AI and he plans to be very much 
in the race. His recent move to sell off the retail portion of 
his enterprise more than anything will boost his position. It 
will give him $7.4 Million to finance his Research. 

One quick word on the QL, because of Sinclair's interest in 
AI, he struck a deal with Strathclyde University in Scotland. 
He sold them a QL for every student and faculty member in the 
school. Over 7,000 in all, and the good news is, Strathclyde in 
an important center for Al research in Scotland, research writ- 
ten and executed on QL's. There is LISP, PASCAL, OS-9, FORTRAN, 
FORTH, APL and more on the way, including CP/M and MS-DOS 
capabilities. The current user base for the QL is estimated at 
over 170,000 worldwide. Some say that. Amstrad will drop the QL 
altogether. My understanding is that rights to the machine will 
Simply be sold to a third party. In any case, there is a 
significant supply of machines currently in existence. It is a 
very powerful machine for the price. 

Please stay tuned to this BBS for more articles on this 
general topic. There are a number of programs on this BBS 
available for downloading. There are documentation files to go 
with them. If you have any questions or comments, please leave 
mail here (Nite Owl Special BBS) or write to: Pete Fischer/P.O. 
Box 2002/ Tempe, AZ 85281. 


SAGA 3 ELITE KEYBOARD REVIEW 
By Ken Duda 


This is not your run of the mill keyboard. And I can tell 
youright now, its not for everyone. By that I mean that it is 


more for the advanced Timex/Sinclair User. I purchased mine 
from Saga Systems Limited, 2 Eve Road, Woking Surrey, England 
GU21 4JT. It required an International money order for 69.95 


pounds ($100.00 U.S. Dollars). Delivery took about 4 weeks, and 
was shipped to me marked, Sample. 

The Saga 3 Elite has 88 keys, of which 27 are single key 
functions. The keyboard is arranged as two banks of keys. On 
theleft are 10 keys: True and Inverse Video--Single key 
functions--the rest, Load, Save, Clear, Copy, Continue, Pause, 
List and Runare not, but merely j,s,x,Z,c,m,d, andr keys for 
ease of use. 

The main body of keys, the remaining 78, are in one large 
block. To the left of the QWERTY section are Edit, Graphic 
Mode, Caps Lock, Extended Mode (single key) and Symbol, Caps 
Shifts, which are duplicated on the right. The top row has 
both the numbers and Symbol Shifted legends printed on them. 
The QWERTY keys have only the letters, that means that if you 
are new to the Timex/Sinclair you will have some difficulty 
locating the correct key, although a three-colour card that 
lays at the top of the keyboard, is supplied, to help identify 
all the combinations the Timex/Sinclair has. 

To the right are another eleven single key functions 
(?~"=;:$,.) plus Break ‘Caps Shift/Space) and Stop (Symbol 


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shift/A>). On the far right is a numeric pad, with a 
double-sized zero key, surrounded by the four maths functions 
(/x-+), four shifted cursor keys, an extra comma and period and 
a Delete key. 

Now for some of the problems I encountered. First of all, 
this keyboard was designed with the Spectrum in mind. Unlike 
the 2068, the Spectrum has two leads coming from the keyboard, 
one on the left, and one futher to the right side of the 
computer. I solved this by getting a 16-pin DIP jumper-18" long 
from RadioShack, part # 276-1976. Then I desodered the keyboard 
connector from the bottom side of the 2068 keyboard. I then cut 
the 2068 connector in half, so that I had a connection for one 
lead (5 wires) the remaining for the other lead on the Elite 3, 
cut the DIP jumper in half, trimed as nessary, sodered the free 
ends to the 2068 connectors, and last, broke off half (8) of 
the prongs on each DIP connector. Then pluged everything 
together, with the DIP connectors going to the 2068 keyboard 
connector. This is very hard to put into writing, so if you 
can’t make sence of it call me at 312-562-5898, after 6:00 
P.M. 

The last problem was the bottom half of the case for the 
Elite 3 keyboard. After I did a little trim work on the bottom 
half of the case, and placed the bare 2068 board into it, I 
found that there was not enough room to put the cover on, due 
to the Russell ROM Switch. We’re talking only an eigth of an 


inch. Well, because of my love of working with wood, I just 
simply built a larger wooden half to accommodate the works. I 
even have an opening in front, to allow me to slide my- 


Russell/Kempston joystick into the cartridge port. 

Like I said, this one's not for everybody. But what a joy to 
use, especially if you use your computer for word processing 
alot. In fact, Saga also sent me a free copy of their version 
of M/Script, they call their's "The Last Word”. Belive me, it 
really was easy to do, the hardest part was getting started. 


TIMAMACHINE AND FDD SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY 
Provided by James Brezina 


Timamachine may not work properly with the Zebra FDD systen. 
Depending on which version of the FDD you have, either the 
keyboard will lock up as soon as Timamachine runs or everything 
will work correctly until you use FDD I/O commands. It should 
be noted that if you choose to modify Timamachine for the FDD 
as listed in this article, you will loose some freindlyness and 
ease of use. 

To determine which problem you have, do the following: Load 
Timamachine from tape, answer N to the backup copy prompt, the 
enter CAT x. If you are able to do this, then you have the FDD 
1/0 problem. If you can't enter CAT x, you have the locked 
keyboard problen. 

To correct these problems, you should first transfer 
Timamachine to FDD: MERGE the BASIC loader; change line 9997 to 
SAVE * ... (all SAVEs!); SAVE TIMAMACHINE LINE 9997; then enter 


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GOTO 9997. Answer Y to the Backup Copy prompt. Now restart the 
system and MERGE Timemachine, then complete the correction with 
one of the following two procedures: 

A. For a Locked Keyboard: 

1. Line 40: change 26688 to 26694 

2. Change all SAVEs in line 8070 to SAVE * (DELAY CODE can 
be deleted). 

3. Change all LOADS in line 9997 to LOAD x. 

4. To use Timamachine, LOAD 1t from FDD and enter or load a 
BASIC program. Then invoke the Timamachine options as 
follows: 

*C is invoked by typing RANDOMIZE USR 37476 
Xt will not work 
Xx is invoked by typing RANDOMIZE USER 37476 
ERASE is invoked by typing RANDOMIZE USR 37536 
*d is invoked by typing RANDOMIZE USR 37460 
xe is invoked by typing RANDOMIZE USR 37468 
NEW will no longer be trapped. 
B. For the FDD 1/0 Problen: 
1. Line 9997: remove the last command, GOTO 8000 
2. Add lines 9998 and 9999 as follows: 
9998 RESTORE 9999: FOR x=23780 TO 23792: READ y: POKE 
X,y: NEXT x: POKE 37402,228: POKE 37403,92: GOTO 8000 
9999 DATA 254, 122, 194, 224, 146, 237, 70, 241,62,230, 195, 
148, 146 
3. Enter: SAVE x" TSTIME" LINE 9997. Note: Use the name by 
which your version calls the first part of 
Timamachine. 
4. To use: xz prior to any FDD 1/0 Operation. RANDOMIZE 
USR 26688 after all FDD I/O operations. All other 
commands as per manual. 


FREE Z80 AND 68008 TECHNICAL MANUALS 
By Gary Lessenberry 


Timex/Sinclair technical information is often expensive and 
hard to come by. As we send our hard earned dollars to the 
supportive mail order T/S venders, we are never quite certain 
if we're getting our money's worth. Well, for all of us Timex 
and Sinclair users there are free manuals available for the 
asking from those people who produce the microprocessors that 
Our computers are based on. When I called the local Zilog 
distributor and asked for any available technical information 
on the Z80 CPU, they sent the following technical manuals: The 
280 € Z80A CPU, The 280 DMA, The Z80 SIO, The Zz80 CTC, and a 
two volume Microprocessor Applications Reference Manual. 
Needless to say, I was impressed! So, after I bought a QL, I 
called Motorola Semiconductor Products and requested technical 
information for the Motorola 68008 microprocessor. They sent 
the following: a MC68008 Programing Reference Card, The M68000 
Programmer's Reference Manual, The MC68008 Advanced Information 
Manual, and The 16/32-Bit Microcomputer System Components 
Manual. Lastly, as I was building a JLO FDD interface, I wanted 


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more theory of how it worked. So, I contacted Western Digital 
for information about their WD1770 Disc Controller which lies 
at the heart of the JLO FDD interface. They sent a free copy of 
their Storage Management Handbook to me. 

These manuals will not make you a machine code wiz 
overnight, but they are a great aid for machine code programing 
and hardware projects. The local distributor for Zilog is Dolin 
Sales Co., 609 Academy Drive, Northbrook, IL 60062, (312) 
498-6770. Motorola Semiconductor Products Inc. is located at 
2060 Algonquin Road, Schaumburg, IL 60195, (312) 576-6983. 
Western Digital is at 1827 Walden Office Sqaure, Suite 308, 
Schaumburg, IL 60173, (312) 397-3111 


NOTES FROM THE LIBRARY 
By Donald Brumfield 


This month we began a public domain program swap with the 
Cleveland Users Group, and we are in discussions with other 
groups as we attempt to expand out library. 

THIS MONTHS PREVIEWS..... 

REALESTATE: This personal use program will calculate the 
mortgage paymants and related costs. 

ADDRESSBOOK: A great data file program which will store 
names and addresses, it has the option that 
will let you create mailing labels for those 
dreaded holiday mailings. 

SPEC GOLF: You aspiring duffers will love the challenge 
of this Spectrum game...GREAT GRAPICS! 

PLEASE ASSIST ME.... 

By typing in a program or utility froma book, magazine or 
your own creation and submitting it to the CATUG Library. This 
will ensure that we can have a large and updated program base 
to share with other user groups. 

HERE'S THE DEAL (GRIN) 

Library usage is free, and I would like to give you any 
programs that you wish to have. Next month, 1” will. run’ a 
listing of all the programs in the Library. If you desire any 
copies of the software listed, please send your request with a 
blank tape and 75 cents in stamps for return postage, 

--OR-- 
send me a tape with a minimum of two programs and I will pay 
the return postage. My mailing address is: 1185 Hygate St., 
Roselle, IL 60172. Please list on donated tapes if the programs 
are TS-1000, Spectrum or TS-2068. PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR LIBRARY. 


TIMEXIN ON...DON 


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PASCAL FOR THE TS2068 
By Rick Conners 


One of the buzz-words in the programming field these days 
is, "structured programming”. In general, this refers to 
programming in blocks of code, each a fairly independent unit 
unto itself. One of the principal languages supporting and 
encouraging structured code is Pascal. 

Pascal was invented by Nicholas Wirth in 1970 and quickly 
gained acceptance in the academic community as a teaching tool. 
With the introduction by Borland of the Turbo Pascal package, 
this popular language proliferated quickly in the mini and home 
computer markets. Although the Turbo version of Pascal is not 
available for the Timex/Sinclair family of computers, HISOFT of 
England has made available a fairly full featured version of 
Pascal. It represents an excellent value, particularly for 
those interested in getting more speed out of their 2068 than 
Timex BASIC can provide. While a detailed look at the Pascal 
language would take more room than we have here, a few points 
about the HISOFT package can be noted. 

The HISOFT Pascal package consists of a cassette tape 
containing the compiler/editor program (written in machine 
code), a basic loader, and (on the flip side of the tape) a 
Turtle graphics program, an 82 page manual anda 3 page user 
implementation for the 2068. The package is intended for use on 
the 2068, thus no Spectrum emulation is necessary. The Standard 
Pascal "files" function is not supported by the HISOFT package 
but that is the Only difference from the norn. This Pascal is 
fairly full-featured and in fact includes some useful functions 
not available with Standard Pascal. Both the 2040 and the Aerco 
printer interface are supported (although some modifications 
must be done). Mass Storage is on cassette and text files as 
well data may be stored. Unfortunately, disk-access in 
unavailable at this time. 

HISOFT Pascal, being a compiled language, runs many times 
faster than interpereted BASIC. In my own experience, I was 
running a program each day in connection with my job that 
required a great deal of floating point math. The typical time 
each day was about 20 minutes. After rewriting the code into 
Pascal, my work time dropped to around 3 minutes. lee tact. 1f 
I had a faster printer or a larger buffer, that time would 
probably be less! One program that I was writing and eventually 
abandoned as too slow in BASIC ‘each number produced took about 
5 minutes) ran in under 30 seconds in Pascal. 

While I can readily recommend HISOFT Pascal to anyone 
needing more zip than BASIC or anyone wishing to learn 
strucured programming, I must note some drawbacks. First, 
unless you are satisfied with cassette storage, HISOFT Pascal 
can be frustrating: in order to save a program file on disc, 
the compiler/editor, text and run times must all be saved on 
disc. This tends to fill discs up quickly. As an example, a 
program of about 100 lines of code, which ought to take up 
about 1k, will occupy about 29k when saved. 1 should note that 
once the final version of a program is written and debugged, 


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the compiler's "translate," command can be used to create a 
more compact file but once done the program cannot be 
modified. 

Second, although I'm not sure, it would seem that HISOFT is 
either out of business or has withdrawn support for the 2068. 
My letters have gone unanswered and as a Timexer of many years 
I have come to understand what that usually means. 

Next time I’ll take a look at some specifics of Pascal 
programming. In the meantime if there are any questions or 
comments regarding what you have read here or hope to, please 
leave me E-mail on the, Night Owl Special BBS (312) 459-5721: 
(ID23). 


TIMEX/SINCLAIR NEWSLETTERS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS 
Provided By Gary Lessenberry 


1. TS-Horizons, 2002 Sumxit Street, Portsmouth, Ohio 45662 

2x Time Designs Magazine, 29722 Hult Road, Colton, Oregon 
97017 

3. Syncware News, P.O.Box 64, Jefferson, NH 03583 

4. QTS, WMJ Data Systems, 4 Butterfly Drive, Hauppaugen, NY 
11788 

5; QZX, 2025 O’ Donnell Drive, Las Cruces, New Mexico 80011 

6. The FD-68 User, P.O.Box 310-A, Holland, Michigan 49423 

7 BYTE POWER, 1748 Meaxdowview Ave., Pickering, Ontario 
CANADA L1V-3G8 

8. ZX Computing Monthly, Infonet, Times House 
179 The Marlzowes, Hemel Hempstead, Herts HPS1 1BB 
UNITED KINGDOM 

9. Computer Shopper, P.O.Box 14119, Titusvillen, FL 
32781-9988 (a timex/sinclair column) 

10. CTM, 1704 Sam Drive, Birminghamn, Alabama 35235 
(carries timex articles) 

11. Quantum Levels, P.O.Box 64, Jefferson, N.H. 03583 

12. The QL Report, Curry Computer, P.O.Box 5607, Glendale, AZ 
85312-5607 tel: (602) 978-2902 

13. QL World, 79-80 Petty France, London, ENGLAND SW1H 9ED 

14. T.O.P.S. Newsletter, FDD Support Group, C/O John Bylander 
1203 N. Owens St. #308, Stillwater, MN 55082 

15. Time Linez, P.O.Box 1312, Pacifica, CA 94044 

16. CATS Newsletter, P.O.Box 725, Blandensburg, MD 20710 

17. The Ramtop Newsletter, James G. Dupuy ‘editor), 
6514 Bradley Avenue (down), Parma, Ohio 44129 

18. Slug Newsletter, 4122 Wallingford Lane, Louisville, KY 
40218 

19. Keyboards, TAS BAM Users Group, P.O. Box 644, Safety 
Harbor, FL 33572 

20. Triangle Sinclair U.G., C/O Douglass Dewey, 206 James St., 
Carrboro, NC 27510 

21. The Data Expansion, T/SUG of Fort Worth,c/o David Baulch, 
4424 Geddes Ave., Fort Worth, TX 76107 

22. SINCUS NEWS, P.O.Box 36, Johnson City, NY 13790 

23. L.1.S.T. Interest Group, P.O.Box 438, Centerport, NY 


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11721-0438 

24. Westinghouse ZX Users, C/O Jack Fogarty, Westinghouse MS 
#3525, P.O.Box 1521, Baltimore, MD 21203 

25. TSUG, Mile High Chapter, 914 S. Victor Way, Aurora, CO 
80012 

26. SYNAPSE, C/O Robert Heil, 1525 N. Ashwicken Chu 
State College, PA 16801 

27. SINC-LINC, Toronto T/S User Group, P.Q.Box 7274 Stn. A 
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5W 1X9 

28. Hampton Roads TS User Group, C/O David Alford, 
112 Kohler Crescent, Newport News, VA 23606 

29. Dallas T/S Amstrad UG, P.O.Box 153421, Irving, TX 75015 

30. Sinclair Milwaukee UG, P.O.Box 101, Butler, WI 53007 

31. ZX-APPEAL, Vancouver Sinclair UG, C/O Rod Humphreys, 
2006 Highview Place, Port Moody, B.C., CANADA V3H 1N5 


MARCH C.A.T.U.G. MEETING 


The March meeting of the Chicago Area Timex User Group will be 
on Saturday, March 21st at 12:00 noon. This meeting will be at 
the residence of John Ulreich, 203 Nauvoo, Park Forrest. If you 
have any problems with the following directions, you may call 
John at 748-6004 for more help. 
DIRECTIONS: If you come down 
I-294, go south past the ao oS 
167th Street Toll Plaza and — | 
exit south on Dixie Highway. El 
Turn right (west) on 175th pla 
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Street. Proceed west to —ir] 
Governor's Highway where you IHC TAN 


will turn left and drive 
south untill you reach Sauk 
Trail. Turn left (east) and 
drive to Indianwood. Turn 
right and go south until you 
reach Nauvoo. Turn right on 
Nauvoo and you will find 
John’s house on the left, 
midway down the block. 
Please note that the map is 
NOT drawn to scale and 
distances are longer than 
they appear. 


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HOW TO CONTRIBUTE ARTICLES TO THE NITE-TIMES NEWS 


If you would like to contribute an article or program 
listing to the Nite-Times News, please use one of the two 
following methods: For on-line contributions, upload your 
article or program into the Timex File Transfer Area of the 


Timex SubOp in the Timex Message Area that you have left an 


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uploaded contribution. For off-line contributions, save either 
an Mscript or Tasword text file on tape and mail it to Gary 
Lessenberry, 1885A Yorktown Avenue, Great Lakes, IL 60088 


TIMEX COMPUTER REPAIR CENTERS 
Provided By Gary Lessenberry 


The following is are sources for the repair of your 
Timex/Sinclair computers. This is not a recommendation or 
endorsement by the editor of the Nite-Times News. 


1. Timex Comsumer Products, 
P. 0O. Box 2740 
Little Rock, AR 72203 
(501) 372-1111 
$30.00 for TS-2068 & $20.00 for TS-1000 


2. E. Arthur Brown Company 
(612) 762-8847 
(612) 763-6393 
This company will recommend a reliable Timex repair center. 


3. T/S Connection 
3832 Watterson Ave. 
Cincinnati, OH 45227 


4. Sunset Electronics 
Computer Services Department 
2256 Taraval Street 
Sab Francisco, CA 94116 
(415) 665-8330 
This source provides repairs for the TS-1000, TS-1500, 
TS-2040, TS-2050, TS-2068 & the ZX-81. 


A JLO FDD INTERFACE HARDWARE PROJECT 
By Donald Brumfield 


My system consists of a TS-2068 with a JLO Disc Interface 
with a 5.25 inch drive and a pair of Amdek 3 inch drives. I 
have found that I cannot transfer the contents of the larger 
discs to the smaller drive or vice versa. This is because the 
JLO SAFE DOS will transfer files from one drive to the next 
logical drive ‘eg: Drive 2 to Drive 3). Since I did not want to 
invest in a fourth drive, I came up with this project. 

I removed the case on the 5.25 inch drive and mounted a DPDT 
toggel switch on the case. I located the drive select connector 
and soldered a wire into each side of the drive select posts 
for drives 2 and 3. I soldered the other ends of the two wires 
to the outer posts of the switch. This now allows me to select 
the drive as either 2 or 3 so that the transfer of files can be 
accomplished either to or from a 3 inch drive to the 5.25 inch 


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drive. The total cost for my fourth drive??? A whopping $2.25 
TIMEXIN ON..... DON 


DIRECTIONS TO THE APRIL CATUG MEETING 


The April meeting of the Chicago Area Timex Users Group is 
tentatively scheduled for Saturday, 25 April at 12:00 noon. It 
will be at the home of Lawrence Sauter, 7747 V. Bryn Mawr, 
Chicago. Directions to the meetings are as follows: 

From The East: Take I-194 (Kennedy Expwy) to Canfield Road. 
Turn south on Canfield and proceed two blocks to the first stop 
sign (Bryn Mawr). Turn east on Byrn Mawr and drive one and a 
quarter blocks to 7747 which is the fourth house from the 
corner. 

From Thw West: Take I-194 to Cumberland Avenue. Turn south and 
get immediately into the left lane. You will turn left on a 
frontage road (Bryn Mawr) that is past the Amoco Station and 
the Ohara Plaza Hotel. Proceed down Bryn Mawr, past Canfield 
Road to 7747. 

From North Or South: Take 1-294 (Tri-State Tollway) to the 
I-194 exit and proceed east to Cumberland Avenue and follow the 
directions listed above. 

For further information, you may call Lawrence at 763-5383 


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